In April 2011, experts from around the world will gather in Houston for the International Academy of Astronautics Humans in Space Symposium. As part of this event, students ages 10-17 are invited to express their ideas about the future of human space exploration through visual, literary, musical or digital art. Artwork submissions will be judged [...]
Entries from October 21st, 2010
Deadline Extended: International Youth Art Competition
October 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Competitions, Contest, K-12, Science, STEM, Student Opportunities
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NASA and Optimus Prime Collaborate on Video Contest – Registration Deadline November 12, 2010
October 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Competitions, Contest, Cool Science, K-12, NASA, Science, STEM, Student Opportunities
NASA is teaming up with Hasbro to present the Optimus Prime Spinoff Award Contest. Featuring Optimus Prime, the leader of the popular TRANSFORMERS brand, the contest highlights spinoffs from NASA technologies that are used on Earth. The goal is to help students understand that NASA technology “transforms” into things that are used daily. These “transformed” [...]
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Classrooms, Museums Invited on Comet Encounter – November 4, 2010
October 21st, 2010 · No Comments · K-12, NASA, Science, STEM, Student Opportunities, Webcasts
NASA’s EPOXI mission is three weeks away from its flyby of comet Hartley 2. Students and educators can watch live Web coverage of the encounter on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010, from 6:30 to approximately 8 a.m. PST (9:30 to 11 a.m. EST). They also can send questions in advance about the comet encounter to jplspaceeducation@gmail.com. [...]
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New Educational Materials Available at NASA.gov
October 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Educational Materials, K-12, Lesson Plans, NASA, Science, STEM
The Educational Materials section of NASA’s Web site offers classroom activities, educator guides, posters and other types of resources that are available for use in the classroom. Materials are listed by type, grade level and subject. The following items are now available for downloading. Women at NASA Video – Grades K-12 NASA has many possibilities [...]
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NASA Education Materials Featured on the Howtosmile.org Website
October 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Educational Materials, K-12, Lesson Plans, Mathematics, NASA, Science, STEM
NASA educational materials are available on the new Howtosmile.org website. Launched by the University of California, Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science, the Howtosmile.org website is an online collection of thousands of hands-on interactive science and math activities dedicated to making learning exciting and engaging for everyone. All activities at http://www.howtosmile.org are freely accessible and never [...]
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